Thousands
of
creatives,
including
famous
actors
like
Kevin
Bacon
and
Kate
McKinnon,
along
with
other
actors,
authors,
and
musicians,
have
signed
a
statement
warning
that
the
unpermitted
use
of
copyrighted
materials
to
train
AI
models
threatens
the
people
who
made
those
creative
works.
11,500
names
are
on
the
list
of
signatories
so
far.
Here
is
the
one-sentence
statement:
“The
unlicensed
use
of
creative
works
for
training
generative
AI
is
a
major,
unjust
threat
to
the
livelihoods
of
the
people
behind
those
works,
and
must
not
be
permitted.”
The
statement
was
published
by
Fairly
Trained,
a
group
advocating
for
fair
training
data
use
by
AI
companies.
Fairly
Trained
CEO
Ed
Newton-Rex
told
The
Guardian
that
generative
AI
companies
need
“people,
compute,
and
data”
to
build
their
models,
and
while
they
spend
“vast
sums”
on
the
former
two,
they
“expect
to
take
the
third
–
training
data
–
for
free.”
Newton-Rex
founded
Fairly
Trained
after
he
quit
Stability
AI,
accusing
generative
AI
of
“exploiting
creators.”
Several
professionals
and
organizations
like
News
Corp
and
the
Recording
Industry
Association
of
America
have
sued
AI
companies
for
using
copyrighted
work
while
training
AI
models.
The
RIAA
is
among
the
organizations
that
have
signed
Fairly
Trained’s
statement
and
has
even
posted
about
it.
As
has
the
News/Media
Alliance.
There
are
also
some
notable
names
not
appearing
among
the
signatories.
Scarlett
Johansson,
who
had
a
high-profile
spat
with
OpenAI
after
accusations
it
modeled
GPT-4o’s
voice
after
her,
isn’t
on
the
list.
Neither
are
actors
like
Dame
Judi
Dench
and
John
Cena,
who
signed
up
to
have
Meta
AI’s
voice
chat
system
replicate
them.
(Originally posted by Wes Davis)
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